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Mysore Fig
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Mysore Fig
ative Photo: Thingnam Girija
Common name: Mysore Fig, Brown woolly fig • Chinese: 枕果榕 Zhen guo rong • Kannada: Goni-Mara • Malayalam: ചെലാ Chela • Marathi: बुराली वड Burali-Wad • Mizo: Bung, Bungpui • Tamil: Sonnai-ala, Kal-ala
Botanical name: Ficus drupacea    Family: Moraceae (Mulberry family)
Synonyms: Ficus mysorensis, Ficus mysorensis var. pubescens

Mysore Fig is a strangler fig with a large canopy. Leaf blade obovate-elliptic, with a rounded base. Leaves and the stalk are densely covered with yellowish brown velvety hairs. Figs are large, conic-ellipsoid, densely covered with brownish yellow long hairs. When ripe, the figs turn orange. The species name drupacea means fleshy fruit, which refers to the fact that the figs look like fleshy fruits. Involucral bracts are ovate-lanceolate. Mysore Fig is found in NE India, Peninsular India, Sri Lanka to SE Asia and China.

Identification credit: Tabish Photographed in Delhi & Bishnupur, Manipur.

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